University Town Center

4245 Campus Drive,
Irvine, CA 92612

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raymondraydm
raymondraydm on August 6, 2023 at 4:32 am

In that picture of Edwards University posted on this website in front of the box office there is a planter. Mr Edwards loved fountains. When I opened the theater in 1984 we had a beautiful fountains where that planter is in the picture

raymondraydm
raymondraydm on August 6, 2023 at 4:29 am

I went from the Edwards Woodbridge 5 as General Manager to the Edwards University 6 when it opened in June of 1984. Of course we opened with Ghostbusters. Also one of Me Edwards favorite movies was Blazing Saddles. We played that on opening weekend. Mr Edwards had a 35 MM Projector at his home online island. He brought in his own 35Mm print of Blazing Saddles!

Flix70
Flix70 on December 11, 2022 at 4:50 pm

Oliver Stone’s Oscar-winning “Greed is Good” drama “Wall Street” opened at the Uni 35 years ago today (Dec. 11, 1987).

Flix70
Flix70 on February 23, 2021 at 5:45 pm

The Uni, as locals called it, was Irvine’s second movie theater and opened four years after the Woodbridge 5.

Even though it was at the far end of town, it didn’t stop my Irvine High School buddies and I from coaxing our parents to drop us off on a Friday or Saturday night for such flicks as “Commando,” “Predator” & U2’s “Rattle & Hum.”

I even recall taking my one and only bus ride there in the summer of ‘87 to see “Dragnet” with Dan Aykroyd & Tom Hanks. Other memorable '80s films included “Die Hard,” “Big” Lethal Weapon 2" & “Christmas Vacation.”

Came back in the ‘90s for “Misery,” “Ed Wood,” “Speed” & “Pulp Fiction” (with a full crowd opening weekend).

The Uni later became a popular indie art house in the Regal chain and was soon booking OC exclusives. Unfortunately, the theater has an absolutely terrible parking lot they share with a Trader Joe’s, Target and every other retailer & business office in the center. Most close-by parking is 45 minutes or less & I can’t tell you how many movies I’ve given up on seeing because I couldn’t find a parking space. By far, the worst parking lot of all of Regal’s OC locations.

Exclusives should be at the nearby Westpark, which has its own sprawling, dedicated parking lot.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 30, 2019 at 7:37 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on August 26, 2011 at 3:46 am

Thanks Ron,not a lot of 6 plexes left.